Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Yariel Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR	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	# 857	# 1010

Projections

Strikeouts	8	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.95
WHIP	1.40	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 423	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	7.71	‐

WHIP	2.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	2.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.13	4.95

WHIP	1.40	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Yariel Rodriguez cleared waivers on Friday and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Blue Jays designated Yariel Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Yariel Rodriguez will fill a 1-2 inning role out of Blue Jays bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Blue Jays selected the contract of Yariel Rodriguez. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Blue Jays are calling right-hander Yariel Rodríguez back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Yariel Rodriguez (2026)

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