Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Kevin Gausman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 142	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	55	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.96	‐
WHIP	1.24	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 33	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 19	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	3

Games Started	23	0

Innings Pitched	127.1	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	10	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	129	6

Earned Runs	63	5

Home Runs Allowed	15	2

Strikeouts	127	5

Walks	36	4

ERA	4.45	22.50

WHIP	1.30	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	55.8	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	3.96	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	The Cubs are acquiring RHP Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Kevin Gausman allowed one earned run on nine hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Blue Jays are listening to trade offers on Kevin Gausman. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Ken Rosenthal reports Kevin Gausman has eight teams he can block a trade to as part of his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Kevin Gausman (2026)

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