Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 42	# 159
VBR	# 169	# 360

Projections

Strikeouts	63	46
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.78
WHIP	1.27	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	# 185

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 49	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 60	# 159

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	# 182

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	19	14

Innings Pitched	106.2	72.0

Wins	12	2

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	70

Earned Runs	33	43

Home Runs Allowed	12	22

Strikeouts	93	65

Walks	28	25

ERA	2.78	5.38

WHIP	1.16	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	63.6	56.3

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	56

Earned Runs	28	30

Home Runs Allowed	8	10

Strikeouts	63	46

Walks	17	15

ERA	3.94	4.78

WHIP	1.27	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
News
	Sonny Gray allowed five earned runs on 10 hits while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Jameson Taillon allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks while striking out five over six innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Cubs activated Jameson Taillon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	The Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon could go on a rehab assignment this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS			Jameson Taillon SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Sonny Gray (2026)

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