Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Cousins RP - LAD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1011	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.65	‐
WHIP	1.52	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cousins RP - LAD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

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ERA	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cousins RP - LAD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.65	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cousins RP - LAD	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
		Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
		Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
		The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Cousins RP - LAD			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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