Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Michael Grove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Grove RP - TB	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	# 602	# 1010

Projections

Strikeouts	10	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.95
WHIP	1.37	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 384	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	3.60	‐

WHIP	1.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	2.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.08	4.95

WHIP	1.37	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Grove RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Rays optioned Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	The Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Grove RP - TB			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Michael Grove (2026)

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