Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1097	# 951

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.09	4.01
WHIP	1.56	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

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


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.92	‐

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


Games Played	13	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.5	2.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	3

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	5	1

ERA	5.09	4.01

WHIP	1.56	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Jose Franco (2026)

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