Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Hoffman for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 118	‐
VBR	# 330	# 1097

Projections

Strikeouts	28	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.47	5.10
WHIP	1.22	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.1	16.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	11	1

Hits Allowed	44	18

Earned Runs	21	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	66	13

Walks	16	14

ERA	4.46	5.40

WHIP	1.42	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.4	9.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	18	9

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	28	9

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.47	5.10

WHIP	1.22	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Hoffman for Jose Franco (2026)

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