Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for J.P. France (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 108	# 1027

Projections

Strikeouts	64	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.82
WHIP	1.15	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	3

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	114.1	6.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	6

Earned Runs	49	6

Home Runs Allowed	16	1

Strikeouts	131	4

Walks	25	5

ERA	3.86	8.10

WHIP	1.11	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.5	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	5

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	64	4

Walks	14	2

ERA	3.81	4.82

WHIP	1.15	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
News
	Joe Ryan will make his next start on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	J.P. France has been sent down to Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 20th
	Joe Ryan will not start on Sunday against the A’s due to arm fatigue. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros designated J.P. France for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Joe Ryan allowed eight earned runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three over four innings in Monday's 13-4 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros recalled J.P. France. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	J.P. France is returning to Seattle to re-join the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros optioned RHP J.P. France to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for J.P. France (2026)

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