Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 353	‐
VBR	# 578	# 1017

Projections

Strikeouts	16	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.64
WHIP	1.35	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 317	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 382	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.57	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.5	2.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	3

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	3

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.94	4.64

WHIP	1.35	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SF
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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