Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 326	‐
VBR	# 772	# 1010

Projections

Strikeouts	14	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.95
WHIP	1.49	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 356	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 277	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	3.13	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.9	2.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	2

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	3

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.63	4.95

WHIP	1.49	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Nate Pearson walked one batter over a scoreless inning in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Royals activated Nate Pearson. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Astros traded Nate Pearson to the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nate Pearson RP - KC			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Nate Pearson (2026)

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