Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	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	# 613	# 951

Projections

Strikeouts	18	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.01
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.9	2.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	3

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.24	4.01

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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