Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 290	‐
VBR	# 391	# 1092

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	5.00
WHIP	1.26	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 204	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	16.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	13	1

Hits Allowed	29	18

Earned Runs	14	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	32	13

Walks	6	14

ERA	5.40	5.40

WHIP	1.50	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.9	10.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	23	10

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.79	5.00

WHIP	1.26	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	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
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Justin Slaten (2026)

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